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he was based on the border with pakistan and afghanistan in september of 2009 and a scout sniper at the time. his unit was on route to meet elders and they were ambushed and he was hit with shrapnel but he tried five times end fire to try and find three missing marines and one navy corpsman and when he did reach them they had been shot and they were stripped of their gear but he still managed underfire in the kill zone to carry each of them out so that they could be taken home, given a proper burial, and it is a bittersweet ending for corporal meyer who lives in austin, texas and was given a call by president obama on monday to be told that he would receive this honor. >>shepard: and reluctant hero. >> absolutely, the marine corps times interviewed him in november and he like so many others showed remarkable humility of the recipients. take a listen. >> i feel we are the furthest from a hero, and i went in there to do a job and the way i view it, i let those goes down, but the war would be for them and for the corps, for the marines and for marines who did not recognized because there w
he was based on the border with pakistan and afghanistan in september of 2009 and a scout sniper at the time. his unit was on route to meet elders and they were ambushed and he was hit with shrapnel but he tried five times end fire to try and find three missing marines and one navy corpsman and when he did reach them they had been shot and they were stripped of their gear but he still managed underfire in the kill zone to carry each of them out so that they could be taken home, given a proper...
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>>shepard: this is about pakistan anyway, isn't it? >>guest: well, the reason we got into this mess is because of pakistan in the 1980's and we pumped $6 million into the system creating the monsters we are fighting now. keep in mind if you step back and look at global stage the world is better but it is a direct threat against american interests overseas from islamic fundamentalist groups that use violence instead of political means. >>shepard: robert, good to hear from you. the united nations has reported 1,462 civilian deaths in six months of this year in afghanistan a 15 percent increase from the first half of 2010. in parts of the midwest in the central united states, another day of triple digit temperatures. the heat wave is a monster. i know, it's july. it's hot, but this can kill people. 17 states are now under heat warnings and we will show you warnings and we will show you all of them. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. carol. fiber makes me
>>shepard: this is about pakistan anyway, isn't it? >>guest: well, the reason we got into this mess is because of pakistan in the 1980's and we pumped $6 million into the system creating the monsters we are fighting now. keep in mind if you step back and look at global stage the world is better but it is a direct threat against american interests overseas from islamic fundamentalist groups that use violence instead of political means. >>shepard: robert, good to hear from you....
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officials blame pakistan-based militants but, so far, no group has claimed responsibility for yesterday's bloody strike and members of an islamic militant organization have been questioned. in another deadly attack in afghanistan, coming in the middle of a memorial service for the president's half brother who was assassinated this week. we're told a suicide bomber hit explosives in histor -- if his turban. the service was for karzai's brother who assassination leaves a major power vacuum in kandahar as civilian deaths in afghanistan jumped 15 percent so far this year. two men raped his daughter and wife and murdered his entire family and set the house ablaze and now attorneys for a suspect charged in the case say that they do not want the doctor in the courtroom for the trail because he is not a victim. our legal panel is back now with a look at both sides of the argument in a moment. es that in. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat.
officials blame pakistan-based militants but, so far, no group has claimed responsibility for yesterday's bloody strike and members of an islamic militant organization have been questioned. in another deadly attack in afghanistan, coming in the middle of a memorial service for the president's half brother who was assassinated this week. we're told a suicide bomber hit explosives in histor -- if his turban. the service was for karzai's brother who assassination leaves a major power vacuum in...
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officials blame that attack on militant groups based in mack -- in pakistan. any word on who is responsible? >> officials are waiting for claims of responsibility with nothing has materialized. it is coordinated and showing sophisticated operation. one believes that the group with loose ties to pakistani may be responsible. >> with a dramatic attack like this, coordinated obviously over three locations, it took money, and it took planning and that always raised the specter of the i.s.i. >>reporter: the plot relied on i.e.d.'s a style we have seen in iraq and afghanistan but the officials say this was sophisticated, and coordinated, and it had a high degree of planning. >> are officials placing significance on the date? >>reporter: the media is reporting the explosions coincide with the birthday of mohammed who is the only surviving gunman from the mumbai assault in 2008, and that commando style assault was effective and relied on ten young pakistani militants who went on a rampage armed with handguns and cell phones and backpacks filled with explosives. and th
officials blame that attack on militant groups based in mack -- in pakistan. any word on who is responsible? >> officials are waiting for claims of responsibility with nothing has materialized. it is coordinated and showing sophisticated operation. one believes that the group with loose ties to pakistani may be responsible. >> with a dramatic attack like this, coordinated obviously over three locations, it took money, and it took planning and that always raised the specter of the...